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(CIREFCA). During the early 2000s, the concept was revived and applied to situations in Zambia and
Uganda. As well as having significant human rights implications, PRSs pose a range of problems for
states. For Southern host states, they may create tensions with local communities due to competition
for scarce resources, and may be perceived as a security threat in the absence of international burden-
sharing.
Putting the issue back on the agenda will require that development actors at the national and
international levels are sensitized to the fact that refugees are not simply a ‘UNHCR issue’ but also
require wider engagement by the development community. It will require that states that are already
actively committed to the use of TDA – such as the Danish Government – play a leading role in
facilitating and promoting wider debate on the important role that it can play in relation to enhancing
refugee protection. The development of initiatives that use targeted development assistance to
promote refugee protection and durable solutions could take place on a bilateral level, an interregional
level, or a multilateral level. In practice, most North-South partnerships in this area are likely to be
bilateral (as, for example, the partnership between Denmark and Uganda was) or interregional (as
many EU-African discussions are). However, a multilateral dialogue in the context of the GFMD or the
High Commissioner’s Dialogue on Protection Challenges might provide a context within which an
overarching discussion of ‘best practice’ could take place and basic principles agreed upon.